The Labor enquirer., 1887-11-19

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emblem was that presented ~
local assembly No. 1907 ii de
knights q Labor. Of which Par
sons vas : member. Their dona
ton wss ! foraI representation Of
the great seal Of knighthood, 4
triangle inside Of a circle. The
triangle was made Of white flowers
upon which were outlined in red
letters the symbol. *. Of L. 1907
The letters IS. o. M. Al" were
clustered around the triangle.
Local assembly No. 522. Of which
7. J. Morgan is a member. sent a
committe with floral pillow with
the words "Our Martyr" embossed
in brilliant carnation roses.
At Mrs. Spies home flowers and
floral designs were packed around
the coffin in profusion and formed
a perfect bed Of roses and other
sweet-scented flowers. Atthehead
of the coffin was a large panel pic
ture of August Spies framed with
blue and white immortelles. Rest
ing on the middle of the coffin
was pillow of snow white came
lias with "A. Spies inblue immor-
telles across the center. Just be-
low that was similar pillow with
the word Martyr" in the center.
Alarge Tyre stood at the foot of
the coffin and just over it was
large wreath with the following
words from the dead mans speech
from the scaffold: my silence is
more terrible than my speech
At the right side there were a
number of designs, the most no
ticeable being large wheel made
of many-colored flowers, and on
the left side there was a broken
wheel and other beautiful floral
designs. At 1880 the Aurora
Turn Verein singing society arrived
bearing a huge wreath made of
bright red flowers. They carried
it proudly through the great
throng, up the front steps of the
house and laid it on the coffin.
They then formed around the
coffin and sang a song in German,
after which they took up all of the
flowers and placed them in and on
top of the hearse, making it look
like huge billow of flowers.
While they were doing this the
family bade farewell to all that
was mortal of August Spies, and
soon the body was carried out and
placed in the hearse, followed by
Mrs. Spies on the arm of Captain
Black. weeping and lamenting the
loss of her son. Every hat in the
vast crowd was removed; and
when the old lady's sobs were
plainly heard across the street the
whole audience was in tears.
They were followed by Gertrude
Spies and a brother, Nina Van
Zandt, father and mother, Mrs.
Black and the relatives of the ex-
ecuted man. They all entered
carriages, and the procession,
headed by a band playing fune-
raj march. moved up Bryson street
towards Milwaukee avenue, fol-
lowed by several thousand people
in carriages.
A crowd gathered before the
humble Fischer residence on Dean
street at an early hour in the
morning. and its numbers swelled
constantly up to I2:45 o'clock,
when the procession moved off.
They were very quiet. sympa-
thetic working people.
The scene within the house was
pitiful in the extreme. The bou-
quets and flower-pieces which
friends had laid upon the table
and caslet contrasted strangely
with the bare walls, small windows
and scanty furnishings. Indeed.
a visitor in whom mere curiosity
has not full sway scarcely notices
the rich flowers and elegant cas-
ket, SO much stronger is the i'm
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